Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-05-23

according to its Assessor, 10 10000
acres. Does "Monte" know what 7Ooo'
acre swamp was left ont by the assessor
or did "Monte's" departure create the
shrinkages Does "Monte" expect any,
body TO believe him when be calls as
..uptit for cultivation" the rich and
fertile scope of country from the santa
Clara line, near Milpitas. to Berkeley
Are the famous Livermore and Pleasan'
ton valleys, in Alameda county, mere
''swamps?a Are the fourishing towns
OF San Leandro, San Lorenzo, Niles,
Centreville, Haywards, Livermore,
Pleasanton and many others we might
name, simply mud. holes y The AS
SCISSOR of Oakland Township" is
"Monte's" examplar of good Assessor,
and yet we find this good law.abiding
Assessor of the 'small and dreary"
publicly reported by the State Board OF
Equalization for having refused to give
the valuation of property affected by
mortgage"
We also find the State Board reports
ing the Assessor of Alameda county as
'failing to report the number of centals
of wheat from three districts
whole numbers of centsls of wheat re.
ported being but 77l5, and of barley
1855. Does "Monte" call this fair
assessment? If all the grain in the
immense warehouses at Oakland, Oak
land wharf, Livermore and Pleasanton
had been assessed the total valuation
would have reached S500,000. The
gentlemen from this county who ex-
amined the assessment roll of Alameda
county three years ago found more glar-
ing instances of under.valuation than
any cited by Monte" They found
fruit lands that were selling at $3.50 per
acre assessed at $40. Does Mr.. "Monte"
consider an assessment of $5,S42, 299 a
fair assessment of all the personal prop
erty in Alameda county? Why, Mr..
"Monte, is the assessment on personal
property in your favorite Alameda
county less in 1856 than it was in 1850?
Has it shrunk like the land? Can you
not find "forty men" in Alameda county
whose personal property exceeds the
total figures given by the Assessor? II
you can not, we can. Mr.. "Monte"
will have the northern press after him
if he describes one of the richest north.
ern counties as containing "many
swamps" and "soil unfit for cultivation. Fl"
The San Francisco A lta of recent date
says:
1.-THE Eastern press is beginning to rally
| against IL e movement of population toward
California, and teens with advice to home
| seekers TO avoid this State. Their t, xt is the
sale of lands in Southern California at
| prices which have no relation to their pro.
| ductive capacity. But the Eastern press
must not do its clientage the injustice OF de-
| crying, therefore, the rest Of the State as
| desirable location for homeseekers, who
| come here for winterless climate aud
cheap lands on which to gain living, be
cause for these purposes Central and Mort n,
| cru ChllluIuld diC bLC blObt SASShSAe " e@A
| places"
This is the. way that all the Northern
and Central press speak of their soil and
climate, and this Is the way MIR.
"Monte" would talk did he not want to
deceive the public and Mr.. Mason. The
soil is the most fertile upon earth, until
these counties have to report to the
State Board, and then their "Montes"
90 before the Beard and describe it as
being "unfit for cultivation" We notice
that the increase in value in Alameda
county in the year 1856 over 1855 was
but % per cent, while the increase in
Los Angeles county was l4a per cent.
When Mr.. Monte states that the
northern and central parts of the State
are assessed higher than Los Angeles
county, he makes a statement for which
he can produce no facts. How does he
account for the fact that since 1850 the
personal property of San Francisco and
two or three of the wealthy counties on
the Bay, including the "small and
dreary," have decreased nearly thirty
millions of dollars? The report of the
State Board shows the decrease in per-
sonal property assessed in this State to
be nearly twenty.four millions since
1880; and during that time the southern
counties have added several millions to
their valuation. In San Mateo county
the personal property assessment for
1856 was Sl,sS4,o4l. Does "Monte"
call this fair assessment! This county
contains the palatial residences Of many
of San Francisco's millionaires, and
fair assessment of their personal prop
erty alone would more than double the
figures above given. The real estate of
San Mateo county was assessed in 1886
at little over seven millions
of dollars, while the personal
property of Los Angeles county was
assessed at a shade less than six millions
OF dollars. Does Mr.. Monte" call this
a fair assessment? Mr.. "Monte" would
call this ''small and dreary" county,
and yet it contains nearly three hun.
dred thousand acres. Mr.. "Monte"
says:
1.-THE county of San Joaquin, that does
not possess one town worthy of note, with
its arid and dry fields, was assessed at
$s5, 600, ,000."
This will be news to our friends st
Stockton, Lathrop, Woodbridge, Lodi
and Milton. 1t will be news to the
farmers OF one of the greatest grain
producing counties on this coast.
Is the great valley of the San Joaquin
river "arid and dry?" Are the fertile
bottoms on Union Island aud on Roberts
Island "unfit for cultivation" As San
JOAQUIN county contains nearly mil.